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Agricultural Trade Restrictiveness in the European Union and the United States

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Jean-Christophe Bureau
Luca Salvatici

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This paper provides a summary measure of the Uruguay Round tariff reduction commitments in the European Union and the United States, using the Mercantilistic Trade Restrictiveness Index (MTRI) as the tariff aggregator. The authors compute the index for agricultural commodity aggregates assuming a specific (Constant Elasticity of Substitution) functional form for import demand. The levels of the MTRI under the actual commitments of the Uruguay Round are computed and compared with two hypothetical cases, the Swiss Formula leading to a 36 percent average decrease in tariffs and a uniform 36 percent reduction of each tariff. This makes it possible to infer how reducing tariff dispersion would help improve market access in future trade agreements.

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Paper provided by Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University in its series Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications with number 01-wp277.

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  1. Conforti, Piero & Ford, Deep & Hallam, David & Rapsomanikis, George & Salvatici, Luca, 2007. "The European Union preferential trade with developing countries. Total trade restrictiveness and the case of sugar," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp07037, University of Molise, Dept. SEGeS. [Downloadable!]
  2. Salvatici, Luca & Cipollina, Maria, 2006. "Measuring Protection: Mission Impossible?," Working Papers 18876, TRADEAG - Agricultural Trade Agreements. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Antimiani, Alessandro & Salvatici, Luca, 2005. "EU Trade Policies: Benchmarking Protection in a General Equilibrium Framework," Working Papers 18856, TRADEAG - Agricultural Trade Agreements. [Downloadable!]
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